Archive for August 2013
Born Again – Feature Articles
Born Again: God’s Sovereign Grace in the Miracle of Regeneration The new issue of Credo Magazine is here! Feature articles include: Effectual Calling and Regeneration: Understanding the Basics of Reformed Theology, by Matthew Barrett Let There Be Light: How Charles Spurgeon Preached Regeneration, by Thomas J. Nettles Regenerate Church Membership and a True Politic, by…
Read MoreCredo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: Who am I to Judge? The Pope, the Press, and the Predicament: By Albert Mohler – Excellent thoughts given by Mohler concerning Pope Francis’ comments on homosexuality. Mohler keenly notes…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes—John Owen, Carl Henry, and Charles Darwin
Christopher Cleveland. Thomism in John Owen. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. What impact did the theology of Thomas Aquinas have on the great (greatest?) Puritan theologian, John Owen? This is the question Christopher Cleveland’s new book sets out to answer. In short, Cleveland argues that Aquinas’ theology influenced (1) Owen’s rebuttal of Pelagian and semi-Pelagian affirmations…
Read MoreFour Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 1 (Fred Zaspel)
Psalm 97:2 declares that God dwells in “righteousness and justice” (tsedek and mishpat). That is to say, He is Himself right and true. He is morally and ethically right, and He acts according to what is proper. This, the psalmist affirms, is God’s very “habitation.” Righteousness is no accident to Him, no incidental quality. It…
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